The leader of reproductive services provider Planned Parenthood Federation of Am...
- The leader of reproductive services provider Planned Parenthood Federation of America and its political arm said on Tuesday that she was leaving both organizations over philosophical differences in their approaches to abortion rights.
Dr. Leana Wen, the first physician in nearly 50 years to lead the federation and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, said she took the job last September intending to advocate for a broad range of public health policies, not just abortion. “With the landscape changing dramatically in the last several months and the right to safe, legal abortion care under attack like never before, I understand the shift in the board’s prioritization,” she said in a statement posted on Twitter.The Washington-based Planned Parenthood groups announced Wen’s departure, which takes effect immediately, without giving a reason for it and apparently catching her off guard.
The groups said that Alexis McGill Johnson, a former board member for both, would take over for Wen as acting president and CEO of the federation and acting president of the action fund.”Alexis is a renowned social justice leader, lifelong political organizer, and a tireless advocate for reproductive rights and access to quality, affordable health care,” PPFA and PPAF said in a statement.
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